After Kissinger's death, Yang Lan posted on social **, saying that in addition to wisdom and pragmatism, Kissinger impressed her with a very important trait - the ability to learn Xi.
Yes, Kissinger is a typical example of "learning and excelling". During his time at Harvard, he received the highest grades in almost all of his courses. In 1959, he also won the title of tenured faculty member and associate professor at Harvard, beating scholars such as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Samuel Huntington, and Stanley Hoffman.
Lifelong learning Xi has always been Kissinger's philosophy, so even in his 90s, he is able to analyze the impact of AI on international security and politics in depth.
His story shows us,AgeIt's just that people give upXiJust an excuse
As many people get older, they begin to avoid the word "Xi", mainly because they feel that their memory and thinking activity have deteriorated, and there is no room for further improvement. In fact, this is their misunderstanding of learning Xi.
Learning Xi not only includes the total amount of knowledge, but also includes the flow of learning Xi, that is, the ability to absorb and expand knowledge. And this ability to expand one's knowledge increment does not necessarily depend on memory.
Especially in the current information age, the Internet provides us with infinite space for self-improvement. As long as we make good use of it, we will add infinite value to ourselves, and one of the most powerful ** is - search power.
Liu sir, the founder of the Personal Development Society, even said: ".It's not the pattern that determines your ceiling, it's the search power
Search power is your external brain
Recently, People's ** has an article on the Weibo hot search list. It mentions that the shelf life of the brain is 20 years. Specifically, the number of nerve cells in a human being is about 100 billion at birth, but it decreases year by year from the age of 20. By the age of 40, it begins to decline at a rate of 10,000 per day, which leads to memory loss.
Indeed, no one can resist the wear and tear of the memory gears. However, from another point of view, in this era of information, even if you have the "strongest brain", you can't include many knowledge systems in the brain.
That's why someone said, "A smart person is not a knowledgeable person, but a person who knows how to find answers in a simple, quick, and effective way." The method he was referring to was the search power.
Indeed, after learning to search, there is no need to memorize the vast amount of knowledge at all. More importantly, however, cultivating search power also stimulates and enhances brain function.
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have done a study for this purpose. They selected 24 healthy middle-aged and elderly people between the ages of 55 and 76, half of whom had experience searching the Internet, while the other half had never done an Internet search.
In the experiment, the two groups were first asked to read a book, and their brains showed an equal degree of activity, and the areas of the brain responsible for language, reading, and memory were activated.
After that, the two groups went on the same web search mission.
At this time, the researchers found that the frontal lobe, temporal lobe, cingulate cortex, and other areas of the brain were quite active compared to people with no search experience, and these are the areas of the brain responsible for decision-making and complex reasoning.
From this, they concluded that web searches stimulate some neural circuits in the brain that are not activated during daily activities. Because, compared to reading a book, the brain needs to constantly make choices from a large amount of information when searching on the Internet, and this process requires the participation of some important neural circuits in the brain.
02. Search powerYesBroaden the dimensions of your life
The famous host Moreau once said, "We are all prisoners of our own experience." ”
Indeed,In many cases, the problem is not solved by the amount of knowledge or technology, but by whether or notPossessionThe courage to let go of self-experience.
Unfortunately, many people, especially the elderly, tend to rest on their laurels, rejecting new things, and even think that lifelong learning Xi beyond their ability.
Even in this era when it is almost impossible to move without the Internet, there are still a large number of elderly people who cannot integrate into digital life.
According to a survey, in China, only 23% of elderly Internet users over the age of 60 can buy daily necessities online, and 20% can find information online. In other words, only one in five elderly people can do these things with a relatively proficient mobile phone.
The elderly who do not know how to access the Internet not only face practical problems such as difficulty in scanning codes, difficulty in seeking medical treatment, difficulty in payment, difficulty in taking taxis, difficulties in banking business, etc., but also disconnect from the social trend and unconsciously cause them a great sense of loneliness, which leads to depression, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, decline in physical function and even death.
Studies have shown that older people who are able to access the Internet are several times less likely to be socially excluded.
Therefore, the elderly should maintain a positive attitude, learn to use digital technology, and better enjoy the convenience and fun brought by digitalization. After learning to surf the Internet, the search behavior will occur naturally, and the search power will be slowly formed.
In fact, many middle-aged and elderly people have unconsciously joined the team of Internet search, achieving a rich and colorful life in old age and greatly broadening the dimension of life.
Quark searched before the Chung Yeung Festival in 2020 and made a statistic on elderly users over 60 years old.
To their surprise, in addition to the problems of life. Fashion topics are also among the searches of these elderly people, and even hip-hop, rap, and shopping are not left behind.
In order to educate the third generation, some elderly people also use AI tutoring artifacts such as photo search, oral arithmetic correction, and teaching assistant analysis, and the proportion of use even reaches 30%. Some people joke that this kind of "next-generation" education has saved the roaring tutoring of tiger parents and tiger parents.
03. Search power can even help you prolong your life
I remember that such a point was mentioned in the Korean drama "Shangdao":70% of a person's life is spent looking for something. On closer thought, this is by no means alarmist.
Looking for a key, looking for a mobile phone, looking for an item that hasn't been used for a long time, this is almost everyone's daily routine. But if you only focus on these physical findings, then you are narrow.
In fact, we spend more time in life searching for information in various fields.
To buy a house, you need to understand the market price, you also need to compare the price, and you need to understand the qualifications of the developer; To help children fill in the college entrance examination volunteers, you need to understand the school, the score line over the years, and the division of majors; If you want to travel to Australia, you must always make a strategy in advance, decide how many days to go, where to play, and what pitfalls to avoid; If you want to implant teeth, which doctor is more reliable, what material to choose...
In this way, the information we are looking for can be said to be diverse, and it can be found in all corners of life.
Asking people, going to the library to find materials, and going on field trips are traditional methods that can be used, but have been spurned by the times. The biggest problem is that it takes too much time and energy.
In the Internet era, there are so many search engines and big data navigation, covering data from all walks of life at home and abroad, which is super powerful. It allows us to quickly find the information we are looking for, so you have more time to do what you want to do.
You see, isn't this equivalent to a longer life?
AbsolutelyThe search power emphasizes not only "being able to search", but also emphasizing "being able to search". Learn to search for the information you want better and more accurately, and it will become another time management tool for you.
There are two aspects of searching: one is to find the right search engine; The second is to learn search skills.
The search engine is not only Google, but also a variety of powerful vertical search aggregation platforms, such as Worm Tribe, including regular search, academic search, and e-book search; Teacup Fox is the best resource for movies, TV and variety shows; The whole history, including the historical events of the whole world, historical figures and other historical knowledge, etc.
Search skills include the application of keywords and search instructions.
There is a huge amount of information in search engines, and if the keywords are not used well, the information that comes out of the search may be very different from what we want to look up. Before searching, be clear about what you are looking for and be able to describe it with keywords.
For example, we can improve the search efficiency by entering some simple search instructions. For example, if you enter "space-noiser" after a keyword, the search results will exclude the noiser. keyword, enter "space 19**20**" searches for keyword information at a specific time.
Look, isn't the search power more powerful than you think?!
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Conclusion
Daniel J. Levitin, a Canadian national treasure psychologist and neuroscientist, once expressed the opinion that in order to have a happy old age, it is more important to change one's personality and response to the environment. One of the most important personality traits to develop is curiosity.
Let's look back at Kissinger.
There is an old Chinese saying, "A hundred years is called the end of the year." "The so-called Yi is to raise also. In other words, when a person lives to be 100 years old, he will have to rely on others for food and shelter.
However, a few months before his death, that is, at the age of 100, Kissinger took a 10-hour plane to Beijing, and the activities were also fully arranged.
And this is not the only time he has traveled in his 100th year, according to some statistics, this year he flew to 15 places around the world, either to hold events or meet with politicians.
But, you know what? He has a history of heart disease for more than 40 years, has had five heart surgeries, underwent three coronary artery bypass surgeries at the age of 58, underwent angioplasty surgery in 2005, and even had an aortic valve replacement surgery at the age of 91.
Why did you live to be 100 years old in such poor health? Can it still be so vibrant? His son says it's because of his irrepressible curiosity that keeps him keen to interact with the world.
The scope of our lives and social interactions certainly cannot be compared to Kissinger's, but we can still find other ways to enhance our interaction with society. WhileEntering the Internet and learning Xi powerful search skills is undoubtedly the most convenient and efficient.
Finally, the words of the poet Dylan Thomas are dedicated to all those who are entering the second half of life: "Do not go gently into that good night, but burn your life in old age, and denounce the passing of time."